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Vanderbilt houses

architect

Richard Morris Hunt

location

Fifth Avenue

date

1880s

style

Neo-classical

construction

Stone clad

type

House

images

  Fifth Avenue in 1900 had two Vanderbilt houses

 

 
  1879-1882 William Henry Vanderbilt, I [1821-1885]
Margaret Vanderbilt [Mrs. Elliott Fitch] Shepard [1845-1925]
Emily Vanderbilt [Mrs. William Douglas] Sloane [1852-1946]
3 Townhouses ["The Triple Palace"]
640 & 642 5th Avenue and 2 West 52nd Street, New York, NY
John Butler Snook, Architect
 
  William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849–1920) had three houses designed by Richard Morris Hunt.

His townhouse, the "Petit Château" at 660 Fifth Avenue, New York, with details drawn in part from the late-Gothic Hôtel de Cluny, Paris, proved an influential example for other Gilded Age mansions, but was demolished in 1926.


The Vanderbilt Houses

1878-1879 William Kissam Vanderbilt, I [1849-1920]
Summer residence [destroyed by fire 1899]
"Idle Hour", Oakdale, Long Island, NY
Richard Morris Hunt, Architect


1879-1882 William Kissam Vanderbilt, I [1849-1920]
Townhouse [demolished 1926]
660 5th Avenue, New York, NY
Richard Morris Hunt, Architect


1879-1882 William Henry Vanderbilt, I [1821-1885]
Margaret Vanderbilt [Mrs. Elliott Fitch] Shepard [1845-1925]
Emily Vanderbilt [Mrs. William Douglas] Sloane [1852-1946]
3 Townhouses ["The Triple Palace"]
640 & 642 5th Avenue and 2 West 52nd Street, New York, NY
John Butler Snook, Architect


1879 Eliza Vanderbilt [Mrs. William Seward] Webb [1860-1936]
Townhouse
680 5th Avenue, New York, NY
John Butler Snook, Architect


1879 Florence Vanderbilt [Mrs. Hamilton] Twombly [1854-1952]
Townhouse
684 5th Avenue, New York, NY
John Butler Snook, Architect


1882-1883 Florence Vanderbilt [Mrs. Hamilton] Twombly [1854-1952]
Summer residence [purchased 1896; now McAuley Hall, Salve Regina University]
"Vinland", Newport, RI
Peabody & Stearns, Architect
www.salve.edu


1882-1894 Cornelius Vanderbilt, II [1843-1899]
Townhouse [demolished 1927]
1 West 57th Street, New York, NY
George B. Post, Architect


1886-1887 George Washington Vanderbilt, II [1862-1914]
Townhouse
9 West 53rd Street, New York, NY
Richard Morris Hunt, Architect


1886-1901 Emily Vanderbilt [Mrs. William Douglas] Sloane [1852-1946]
Summer residence [now private]
"Elm Court", Lenox, MA
Peabody & Stearns, Architects


1888-1892 William Kissam Vanderbilt, I [1849-1920]
Summer residence
"Marble House", Newport, RI
Richard Morris Hunt, Architect
www.newportmansions.org


1888-1895 George Washington Vanderbilt, II [1862-1914]
Country house
"Biltmore", Asheville, NC
Richard Morris Hunt, Architect
www.biltmoreestate.com


1888-1899 Eliza Vanderbilt [Mrs.William Seward] Webb [1860-1936]
Country house
"Shelburne House", Shelburne, VT
Robert H. Robertson, Architect
www.shelburnefarms.org


1891 Frederick William Vanderbilt [1856-1938]
Summer residence
"Rough Point", Newport, RI
Peabody & Stearns, Architects
[remodeled by Horace Trumbauer, Architect, for James B. Duke]
www.newportrestoration.com


1892-1895 Cornelius Vanderbilt, II [1843-1899]
Summer residence
"The Breakers", Newport, RI
Richard Morris Hunt, Architect
www.newportmansions.org


1894-1895 Margaret Vanderbilt [Mrs.Elliott Fitch] Shepard [1845-1925]
Summer residence [now Sleepy Hollow Country Club]
"Woodlea", Scarborough, NJ
McKim, Mead & White, Architects


1896-1899 Frederick William Vanderbilt [1856-1938]
Country house [now Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site]
"Hyde Park", Hyde Park, NY
McKim, Mead & White, Architects
www.nps.gov/vama/vamahome.html


1894-1897 Florence Vanderbilt [Mrs. Hamilton] Twombly [1854-1952]
Country house [now Administration Bldg., Madison Campus, Fairleigh Dickinson University]
"Florham", Convent Station, NJ
McKim, Mead & White, Architects
www.fdu.edu/visitorcenter/florham.html


1899-1903 William Kissam Vanderbilt, I [1849-1920]
Country house [now Dowling College]
"Idle Hour" [2], Oakdale, Long Island, NY
Richard Howland Hunt, Architect
Warren & Wetmore, Architects
www.lihistory.com


1902-1904 William Kissam Vanderbilt, II [1878-1944]
Summer residence
"Deepdale", Great Neck, Long Island, NY
Horace Trumbauer and Carrere & Hastings, Architects


1905 William Kissam Vanderbilt, II [1878-1944]
Townhouse
666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
McKim, Mead & White, Architects


1910-1936 William Kissam Vanderbilt, II [1878-1944]
Summer residence
"Eagle's Nest", Centerport, Long Island, NY
Warren & Wetmore, Architects
Ronald H. Pearce, Architect


1915 Virginia Fair Vanderbilt [1878-1935]
Country residence
Jericho, Long Island, NY
John Russell Pope, Architect


1920s William Kissam Vanderbilt, II [1878-1944]
Winter residence
Fisher Island, FL
www.fisherisland-florida.com


1925 Harold Stirling Vanderbilt [1884-1970]
Summer residence
"El Solano", Palm Beach, FL
Addison Mizner, Architect


1930 Harold Stirling Vanderbilt [1884-1970]
Summer residence
"Villa Lantana", FL
Treanor & Fatio, Architects

Source- http://www.vanderbiltmuseum.org/home.php?section=mansion&sub=timeline

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